Swimming to Cambodia: December 20, 1983

Gray's best-known monologue was probably Swimming to Cambodia, which premiered in 1985. Gray had been working on the monologue off and on for two years prior to that, and in December 1983, Gray presented work-in-progress showings of Swimming at The Performing Garage in New York. This first audio clip is an excerpt from a performance on December 20, 1983.